Springfield News

Saltlick Township supervisors held a public hearing concerning the Fayette County Mountain Area Multi-Municipal Comprehensive Plan, which they plan to adopt next year.

Enjoy old-fashioned buckwheat cakes and pancakes, sausage, home fries, eggs, cold drinks and coffee from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the firehouse in Mill Run.

A science teacher at Cardinal O'Hara High School was placed on leave last Friday pending a criminal charge and a police investigation, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia said yesterday.

State Rep. Tom Killion will join a crowded field of Republican officeholders from the Philadelphia area who hope to become Pennsylvania's next lieutenant governor.

Black Friday shoppers were shell-shocked by the stock market crash last year. Yesterday, it seemed they were getting back to form - even if still counting every spare dime.

Call it the season of self-gifting. Women shoppers freshened up their own wardrobes over the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend after more than a year of frugality, but did so cautiously.

For 34 years, Tom Judge, Sr. has been the head of the Delaware County Republican Party.

Americans headed to stores in droves to kick off the holiday shopping season on Friday, though many said they were being more selective about what they buy and paring back what they spend.

BALA CYNWYD, Pa. - November 25, 2009 -- The day before Thanksgiving is to food stores what the day after is to retailers.

Dependable communication is essential for any successful organization, and for a deployed military unit, that holds all the more true.

The Effingham Hospital is taking its plan for expansion and modernization to the federal government after county commissioners agreed to back their proposal - but not without some final and pointed questions for hospital representatives.

Annemarie Jay had kissed hundreds of her first-grade students on the cheek as they said goodbye on the last day of school.

Two Philanthropic Leaders to be Recognized at Delaware County Community Foundation Annual Meeting There s still time to register for the Delaware County Community Foundation s 2009 Celebration of Philanthropy on Tuesday evening, Nov.

With nine new faces on campus including seven freshmen and two transfers, it's a wonder members of the Monmouth University women's basketball team aren't walking around wearing 'Hello my name is' buttons.

No big surprises in Delaware County, where Republicans held control of the county offices but Democrats gained local control in some new areas.

High school for the Malfi sisters of Burlington Township is the difference between e-mail and a shopping cart.

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP Noise complaint leads to arrest of three teens Springfield Township police said they charged two teens with underage drinking and a third with theft of a motor vehicle after investigating a complaint about noise.

Legendary crooner Al Martino, formerly of 15th and Tasker, died last week at his Delaware County home at the age of 82.

ON THE DAY before his death, singer Al Martino was in a Fort Lee, N.J., studio recording a cover of Garth Brooks ' "If Tomorrow Never Comes." His wife, Judith , and son, Al Cini , shared the news with us Friday at the D'Anjolell Funeral Home, in Broomall, which held the viewing and memorial service of the South Philadelphia born show business star.

"The Simpsons" is giving one lucky contest winner the chance to make others yellow with envy by creating a character for the animated TV series.